HoopDance For Beginners

Take my word on this-HOOP DANCE FOR BEGINNERS IS THE BEST BEGINNER HOOPING CD OUT THERE!!!!! I never write reviews- but buying and using this disk has changed my life. Before buying this CD, I had tried other hoop disks out on the market- but none of them really showed me how to embody hoopdance. This disk brought it all home for me. Packed full of moves- and Ms. Zamor makes learning them so easy! The knowledge and skill offered on this disk are are not rivaled anywhere else within the hooping community. Some of the other disks have aspects that make them valuable- but I owe all my gratitude to this hoop diva. She is amazingly talented, a fabulous teacher, and so much fun to watch! Ms. Zamor is, in my opinion, the leading authority in the hoopworld today. I can now shake it like I know what I am doing, and that is awesome :) Thanks Hoopgirl!

I've been hoop dancing for over a year now and was self-taught, trying to just pick up tricks along the way by watching others. But that is so difficult to do when things are moving so fast! This DVD breaks down each move step by step and shows you in slow motion, making every move easy to understand and reproduce. I *highly* recommend it. The scenery is beautiful and so are the dancers. I like to watch the performances just for inspiration!

While trying to find a better than average hula hoop for my grand daughter, I thought she would enjoy the hoop dance cd to go along with it. Surprise--it did not include a hula hoop and we argued with the usps for two weeks trying to find the actual hoop. I found it impossible to contact Amazon which is a major shortfall in their customer service. Paulh

I love Christabel and have great respect for her, and love the fact that she's from the SF Bay Area like myself, but honestly, this DVD isn't that great for beginners. She's so great at what she does that she flows straight through it and it goes by quickly, not really leaving any time for a beginner to truly breakdown the movements that she's doing in order to do a trick. The DVD could really use some ultra slow motion to break things down step by step. Also, the names that she uses for the moves are WEIRD. I don't understand why they aren't called what they are, you know, something that describes the trick itself. Spunk? Zest? Slinky? Swish? Booty Blitz? Whisper?! NONE of these tell you what the heck they are, and I bet you the majority of the hoopers in the hooping community would not be able to tell you what they are. I have the DVD and I still can't tell you.

I had watched her perform on GMA and was very impressed with her and looked up her DVD. I looked her up and emailed her about producing a DVD for children so I could use it to learn to teach in my P.E. classes. She recommended this one. I learned some of the moves and was able to teach my students but because of the outfits did not feel comfortable using it as a resouce to show my students. I have a prosthesis in my leg leg which limits my activity so I cannot do all the skills and would have liked to use it in my classes because many of the students could perform them. She is very talented and it has an excellent breakdown of the skills and could be a valuable addition to a teachers curriculum... if it was age appropriate in its presentation(the outfits and clothing in the dvd). If the clothing were different it would be five stars.

HoopDance For BeginnersI received my DVD today. I watched it all in one sitting. Unfortunately, i have a sprained ankle at the moment so, i cannot try out any of the moves :-( I am looking forward to perfecting every single move both ways in the next three months. Some comments in other reviews mention the flawlessness of hoop girls moves. Yes she is flawless but we have to remember that she has hooped for yonks!!!! I think it is important to listen to the instructions as much as you watch what she does. Expecting yourself to be as perfect as she is, is unrealistic in the extreme. As they say, Practice makes perfect. With time and effort I believe that we can all achieve that level of flawlessness.I love the moves not the outfits. I do not feel that it is necessary to dress in such a manner to achieve grace and beauty however, I watch to learn hence I will continue to watch. I will ignore the outfits and focus on the tutorials. Knowledge is power.I will definitely be getting the intermediate and experienced DVDs. I will practice, practice and practice. I have bought all 4 hoopnotica DVDs but beautiful as she is, I find that I will spend more time with hoop dance as she has a lot more moves in one DVD ( on and off body) than hoopnotica has in 3 DVDs combined.As for you tube yes it has some decent, good and excellent tutorials however, it does not have some of the off and on body tutorials I have been looking for so it cannot surpass the DVD. Remember you are a student. Practice each chapter until you are in perfect harmony with your hoop before you move onto the next move. I know I would also love to fly before I can even walk hence the sneak preview of all I have in store for me.Hoop girl if u read this I would welcome an instructional mini hoop DVD from you as you have passed the test of what I am looking for in terms of instructions.Hope this review has helped. I am in the UK but ordered this from the US as I could not find it anywhere else.

I am enjoying this DVD.You need a professional hoop, but I already had one.My only problem is that you need lots of space to practice the routines. I take my portable DVD player outside and practice there. I was hitting too many pieces of furniture and the ceiling and walls when I practiced in my house.

Hoop Girl is amazing. She explains the moves in a way that you can pick them up and learn them. Hooping is a great way to loose weight and stay in shape. Hoop Girl is making it easy for many who thought they could never do it.